In ancient India the custom of Sati was condemned by Banabhatta, also known as Bana, was the court-poet of Harsha.
During the Vijayanagar period, the Sati or Sahagaman was
performed only by women belonging to higher strata of the society.
in 1821 Raja Ram Mohan had launched a Bengali weekly
newspaper Sambad Kaumudi or “The Moon of the Intelligence” through which he
started a campaign for the abolition of Sati.
The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati (suttee) practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829 by the then Governor Genral of Fort Willim (Bengal) Lord William Bentinck who later became the India’s first governor general.
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